Granite Arts and crafts

[Domapen79]

We started the design process. It's hard to make him wait and do it slow. Just working on his primer.

 

[Mazin]

Not trying to be an A hole but you know your supposed to paint the underside right?

 

[Kla912000]

^^^^^Yep^^^^^ Supposed to paint the inside of a clear body, not the outside. Good luck!

 

[Crunchy Gears]

Now that you already did it tho, you could always paint the underside metal similar to the "real steel" effect arrma does with the notorious.

Biggest issue painting the outside is the paint is gonna chip off quickly most likely regardless of prep.

I tried it once, never again.

 

[AIan]

now that you started the outside I would paint the inside a really nice color. That way when it gets chipped and scratched it will have a great distressed look.

 

[Domapen79]

Hey trial and error. It's a learning experience. Still fun

 

[Velodromed]

Are you painting those for the 2wd Voltage?

 

[Domapen79]

Are you painting those for the 2wd Voltage?

Granite 4x4

 

[Velodromed]

Granite 4x4

I believe you got the body for the granite voltage. The bottom is thinner and won’t cover the chassis from wheel to wheel. I made the same mistake once but fortunately I also had a voltage so just did it for that car.

 

[Crunchy Gears]

Meh they'll still fit well enough. They are thinner though so a little gorilla tape underneath will go a long way to making them last

 

[Domapen79]

I believe you got the body for the granite voltage. The bottom is thinner and won’t cover the chassis from wheel to wheel. I made the same mistake once but fortunately I also had a voltage so just did it for that car.

I believe you got the body for the granite voltage. The bottom is thinner and won’t cover the chassis from wheel to wheel. I made the same mistake once but fortunately I also had a voltage so just did it for that car.

You made me double check. They fit right on. It's for the granite.

 

[Domapen79]

Looking at the body, it does have a few slight differences

 

[Velodromed]

You made me double check. They fit right on. It's for the granite.

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Look at the side view and you will see what I mean. Compare the side bottom part to the stock granite body
Of course it’ll still work, it’s just a bit deceiving how they market it. They don’t say it for the 2 Wheel Dr. granite it just says granite. Kind of pissed me off when it happened to me.
The one that cost $39 is the actual stock 4 x 4 Granite shell. I forgot that they called the other one 4 x 4 also. Main thing is it doesn’t fully extend the length of the chassis at the bottom of the shell.
When I got the actual 4 x 4 shell and started working on it I was extremely disappointed. The plastic was so thin that it cracked under the pressure of taping the body. I complained, sent it back and got a pro line buddy.

 

[Domapen79]

I see what your saying. We haven't tried to drive them yet. You are 100 percent correct. Need to see how it drives. Apparently I'm painting them wrong so we are just going to drive them out.

 

[Crunchy Gears]

I see what your saying. We haven't tried to drive them yet. You are 100 percent correct. Need to see how it drives. Apparently I'm painting them wrong so we are just going to drive them out.

It's not the end of the world, they'll still turn out great. Just won't stay looking nice as long painted on the outside.

And like I said you could always paint the underside a metal color or anything and as the outside chips away you'll have a different color underneath.

 

[Velodromed]

I see what your saying. We haven't tried to drive them yet. You are 100 percent correct. Need to see how it drives. Apparently I'm painting them wrong so we are just going to drive them out.

It will drive fine. when I first got into this hobby I took one of my stock voltage bodies and painted on the outside. It was my first attempt to paint. It did chip but it also didn’t really matter, especially if you’re using them as bash bodies.

I wasn’t trying to hack on you. I did the same thing you did…it’s just part of the learning curve. It did teach me to be super careful. The next time you get a body check out Jconcepts. Their plastic is the toughest I’ve come across so far, better than stock and proline. Enjoy beating the crud out of them!

Like crunchy said, paint the inside of the body so when the outside scratches a different color will show through. On bodies like the big rock and Notorious, that are painted on the outside by the factory, I’ll paint the inside orange-red so it looks like rust where it gets scratched.